Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1937 — Page 1

K XXXV. No- 134.

■TED SCREEN WRESS DIES ■inhollywood S, Harlow Dies In llosHtal After Condition H Reported Good IS . ' U.R. .Lail EH brniight a new type iKtid beauty to tile films and |V |O stardmn. died at Good hospital today. st after being ad|K„| lir ,. n .|, poisoning that folCll || -t infection. She i" days ago while hHI. on a I'i' one with Clark ■ m, ,\l- I’.. Goldyn studio. J1.,:;,.» -iiffel.d a relapse and was taken inieiv t„ tie- hospital by her Or. E. C. Fishbaugh, n.niiy of Iler ■p. itdialator squad was l ot at 11:35 a. in.. PST in CST a Metro Goldwyn .(. w :,o was at lier bed the studio that the ■just came." mother, Mrs. Jean Bello. ...... ed last week that the K, to be recovering ■ - [.ported it expect i.. k to work within a few ■ta.r. this morning she col at h'-r Beverly Hills home within an hour after beto the hospital. hospital presented a scene - I Ail departments reto discuss the death or to Fishbaugh to the phone newspaper men were refitsof the city fire depart- ■ inhalator squad, called at minute to furnish oxygen star, left the hospital and to their autos. They Mied aside questioners. Mrs. ■ refused to give up until the ■ last, saying a half hour be- ■ ’’Jean is a very sick girl but ■fTHNUED ON PAGE FIVE) El PIPES TO I IE REQUIRED ■ting Plant At County 1 Jail Must Be Rei novated le county commissioners today Bnced that new pipes will lie iced at the heating system in tounty jail, due to the discovrecently of many leaks in the mt system. The commisslonlave learned that it will be imIWe to go through another er with the existing pipes. e county council will be ask- > consider a special appropriator renovating the heating lm this month in order that tlew system can be installed cold weather, when a k-down would be costly. much of the old pipe as poswould be used. The comloners also have had an archi•lraw specifications for one or new boilers. The old boiler 1 Poor condition. Snecifico- • have been ordered for both large boiler and two smaller’ ®rs. TKe two smaller boilers .I’l cost slightly more to inthan a large one, but in addito providing a safety factor tase of a breakdown, would hit the use of only one boiler 10111 weather, saving fuel. The ■ls estimated at SB,OOO. " e commissioners have also ’ ordered by the state to ina woman’s toilet in the jury ” The cost is estimated at “t S4OO. ids will be accepted during latter part of this week for rewiring and reroofing of the hty jail. This appropriation been approved by the county ncil. >rn Is Stolen In Hartford Township total of 100 bushels of corn was n from a crib on the Joe ShaffJariin -In Hartford township last it was reported this morning, aeriff n a l'a« Brown and MarDavid Dubach were investing the theft this morning. Acing to tire marks, a large truck hacked up to the corn crib and ed the corn directly Into the lele. ! arks also show that the truck iDle mired down and packs and fds had to be weed to release truck.

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Her Death A Mystery IM ■ i • 1 •' An investigation into the mys- , terious death of pretty Genevieve • ’ Augustin, former Chicago art student, was launched following dfsl covery of her body in the bath- , i room of the home of the mother . of Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque , . I queen, at Monroe. N. Y. LIST PROGRAM FOR EXERCISES County Eighth Grade Commencement At t Geneva Saturday The complete program for the ’' annual eighth grade commenceI ment exercises, to be held at the i Geneva high school Saturday af.l ternoon at 2 o'clock, was announc- . ed today by C. E. Striker, county j , superintendent of schools. Grover Van Dyn $ of Indianap-1 , 1 olis, assistant state superintendent I iof public instruction, will be the , i commencement speaker. The Rev. ’ L. L. Curts will open the program i with invocation. Mr. Striker will make the anI nouncements and the respective | township trustees will present the ' diplomas. The Rev. C. M. Fawns I will close the commencement with ' I benediction. The trustees who will make the I- diploma presentations are: Union,: I' Howard Mauller, Root, Ralph; ' Rice; Preble, Ed Zwick; Kirkland, j I H. H. High; Washington, John M. • Doan; St. Mary’s, Ben McColi lough; Blue Creek, D. D. Habegger; Monroe, Edward Gilliom; French. Edwin Beer; Hartford. Eli Bubach; Wabash, J. C. Mann; Jefferson, Charley Abnet. Winners in the county scholarship contest, recently conducted, will carry the banners of their respective township in the procession in the school. The students will gather at 1 o’clock. The complete list of graduates | who will recei-f diplomas during j the exercises may be found else-I I where in today’s issue of the Daily - Democrat. —o— Fraternal Relief Divisions To Meet All member of the fraternal relief divisions of the Moose lodge I are asked to meet in the local home i immediately following the regular j session Tuesday n-.ght. ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE DIES ______ Mrs. Rose Sage Dies At Denver Following An Extended Illness Mrs. Rose Schlickman-Sage, native of Adams county, <1 ed th is morning at her home ‘“Denver, Colorado, according to was attributed to carcinoma following an illness since last December. ... The deceased was botn 1 land township * 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schlickman, both of whom aur-1 ' V ‘she was confirmed in the local Reformed church February IS 1900 by the Rev. George Gicthiec’ She was a life-long member '° f T he e deceased'ted In Adams ‘county until 27 years ago when ■ she moved to Denver. »u vivo s • include, besides , following brothel s at >”■ •ES. !>“ A«i«- «' *" a F a The body will be re- 1

C.E,STRIKER I IS RE-ELECTED ! SCHOOL LEADER Incumbent Is Re-Elected Today After Seven Ballots Are Taken Clifton E. Striker, for the past 12 years superintendent of the Adams county school system, was reelected to the post in the meeting of the township trustees held this morning In the auditor’s oftlce of the court house. After one of the longest and most bifterly contested elections in history, County Auditor John W. Tyndall was called to submit his vote and break a tie ballot. Mr. Striker was elected with seven votes out of a possible 13, an entirely new ballot being takIn Deadlock At 3 o’clock this afternoon the Welle county trustees called a recess when on the 13th ballot they were still tinaWe to name a county superintendent of schools for the : next four years. Results of the 13th ballot show W. , H. McNeely, principal at Union CenI ter leading with tour votes. Other [ votes: C. E. Harris, principal at Yetroleum, three votes; E. A. Has-| ler, former principal at Rockcreek one vote and Lloyd Lieurance, Jackj son township, one vote. Kelro Whiteman, former Hoagi laud principal, was re-elected sup- ; erintendent of the Allen county : schools today. ien after the auditor was called. | Russell Steiner, principal at Hartford high school and considered one of the foremost contenders for the office finished second, carrying five votes on the last ballot, ITSiseT Foley, principal at Kirkland and another rated contender ’ received one vote on the last bal- | lot. R. J. Mann, rural teachdr and 1 the fourth candidate in the race, ' failed to receive a vote on the last ballot. Seven Ballots Required Seven ballots were required to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 1 o ENROLLMENT TO CLOSE JUNE 15 Enrollment In 5 - Acre Corn Club To Close Here Next Week i Enrollment in the 5-acre corn club for 1937 closes on June 15.1 Anyone interested in joining this club lhay do so by calling at the | county agent’s office before June, 15. Any corn grower who has five or more acres in corn can ! qualify for the Five-Acre Corn I club by becoming a member of the ! Indiana Corn Growers’ Association. The membership fee is 50 cents. At harvest time the extension I department furnishes judges to ! inspect and check yields of conI testants. Each contestant is furn- ! ished with a report blank in which a record of plowing, seed bed prepI aration, kind of seed used, fertilization and cultivation are kept during the season. The annual report of the association, sent to all members, includes a summary of the five-acre work in the state, gold medal winners, reports of the program at the annual meeting and the state and international shows. The following men have enrolled in the 5-acre club up to date: Homer W. Arnold, Winfred Gerke, William Patterson, Benj. D. Mazelin, James A. Hendricks, Otto Hoile, E. W. Busche, C. W. R. Schwartz, David D. Habegger, John E. Heimann, Leo Nussbaum, i Ruben Schwartz, Millard Schwartz, ‘ Ralph S. Myers, Robert A. Myers, ! Bierly and Steffen, Victor Bleeke, Leland A. Ripley, Harve A. Ineichen, LaVerne Mingger, Donald Burkhart, C. O. Manley, and Inniger Bros. o Tomato Club, Alumni Will Meet Friday At 7:30 p. m— Friday, above the Model Hatchery at Monroe, there will be a joint meeting of the 4-H Tomato Club and the Purdue Alumni association. The president of the 4-H Tomato Club, Merlin Sprunger, wi'l preside at this meeting and will be assisted by Gerhart Schwartz, who has just completed some intensive training at the junior leadership training camp at Indianapolis. Joseph Koor, [president of the Adams County Tomato Growers association, and an official o 1 Crampton Canneries of Celina, Ohio ! will -be the guest speakers.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 7, 1937.

Re-Elected ■ ■pill. Kfil Clifton E. Striker, incombent, was re-elected superintendent of tile Adams county schools, at a meeting of the township trustees this morning. Mr. Striker will start on his fifth term in the office in August.

TWO ACCIDENTS REPORTED HERE Despite Heavy Traffic, Only Minor Accidents Reported Unusually heavy traffice over the week end failed to produce any ser- J , ious accidents. Pouring rain Saturday night impaired the v-'.sion of autoists with the result that two minor accidents occurred. At 7:15 o’clock a car owned by John Krebs of 821 West Monroe street was slightfly damaged when it was struck by an auto driven by a young daughter of Sherman Kunke.' of Monmouth. The Krebs auto was stopped at the red traffic light in the extreme north end of town. Miss Kunkel was unable to stop her auto, which rammed into the rear of the other. , A bumber and tire carrier were * broken and the body of the car daaujaged. Leonard Roth, of south of the <-:ty, reported to police that he had hit a parked car, the owner of which not be located. The accident occurrled at 9:45 o’clock on North Second street. Both cars were damaged. Roth is the second party in a re- . cent court suit to figure in au accident within a day of the trial. [ Roth, with his broher. Lorn, had filed charges of assaul and battery ‘against Leslie Pepe of New Haven. | On Friday Petite was in a wreck a few minutes after he had been fined. Mrs. Dora Akey reported to po- ' lice Saturday night that someone had gained entrance to her home and released a small white dog. The dog was killed by an auto after being released. o WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; cooler Tuesday extreme north portion. o STATE HEALTH OFFICERS HERE Confer With City Officials On Decatur’s Water Supply Paul J. Kleiser, engineer and B. H. Jeup, chemist, of the State Board of health, Indianaipolie, were in Decatur today conferring with city officials. The health board representatives discussed with city officiate longtime planning of water supply and possibility of having a survey made so that the city could work towards a certain goal in the years to come. The condition of city water is good from a health standpoint. The well in the south part of town shows eight points of iron, which is one of the heaviest in the state. This cannot be corrected .because of the condition of the natural stream of water. The health authorities went with Charles Brodbeck, manager of the water department to different parts of the city, viewing prospective sites for future water wells. Decatur has an ampte supply of water at [present, but in view of additional customers and heavier consumption, officials are conducting preliminary investigations to enlarge the supply. Councilmen H. M. Gillig, Forest Elzey and Mayor A. A. Holthouse attended the meeting.

FEEDER SYSTEM FOR HIGHWAYS Commissioners Ask Aid Os Farmers To Improve Roads The county board of comimlssin- , ers this morning issued an appeal to farmers along certain roads in 1 the county to he’p improve tho ; road system through state and federal funds now available. The county is entitled to the hard 1 surfacing of 34 miles of county roads by the state highway depart- , tnent, the funds coming half from ( the federal PWA and half from the state department. After the roads are built they | are- to be maintained by the coun- , , ty. 'lf the county fails to .keep the ■ f roads in repair, the state will do the , : work and deduct the costs from tho | '' county’s share of the state gas tax I funds. ‘ 1 The new roads are to .be ‘‘feed- | ere”—that is they are to carry traf-

sic into state highways or cities. They .must be connected with a | state highway or a city. To obtain these roads, the coun- 1 ty must furnish the state with 60foot right of ways. The county budget does not permit the purchase of laud or the proceeding with condemnation suits. The county commissioners have issued an aixpeal to land owners along proposed roads to donate the extra land to tho ' county. The strips are to be taken along present roads as no new road beds will be constructed. The commissioners pointed out . that the roaj would increase the 1 value of the properties and would prevent dust. The commissioners have allocated the roads as evenly as possible over the county. The roads are to be constructed in the next two, three or four years I it now being planned to begin work on some of them this summer. The roads which have been tentatively decided upon by the county , commissioners, providing the right-of-ways are obtained free of charge, are: From the New Cordyon road west (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) REGULAR CLASS POPILS NAMED — Perfect Attendance Students At Catholic Schools Are Listed — The list of students of the De-1 catur Catholic high school and the \ St. Joseph grade school, holding perfect attendance for the school ( year which ended last Friday, was announced today by school officials, a total o f2O- high school pupils had perfect marks for the year, and 57 grade students were present each day of the school year. The complete list follows: High School Virginia Borns, Frances Loshe, Virginia Holthouse, Celeste Heimann, Francis Meyer, Robert Bolinger, Ambrose Geimer, Kathleen Heimann, Marjorie Kintz, Laurlne Lengerich, Marie Meyer, Lucille , Baker, Carl Schultz, Josephine Daniels, Ruth Ann Borns, Geraldine Heimann, Bernadine Hackmann, Simeon Hain, James Wemhoff, James Meyer. Grades School i Joseph Weber, Helen Lichtle, j Germaine Faurote, Maurice Colj chin, James Holthouse, Robert ' Kuhnle, Rosemary Spangler, Joan Brunton, Catherine Lichtle, Mary Ann Voglewede, Patricia Schmitt, Adrian Gerard, Robert Schmitz, Clara Lengerich, Robert Laurent, Patricia Bolinger, Phyllis Daniels, Anthony Faurote, Patrick Hackman, Mary A. Holthouse. Thomas Lengerich, Rita Braun, I Mary C. Rumschlag, Alvera Lenger-1 ich, Joan Miller, Mary Smith Marcella Braun, John Brunton, Martha Eyanson, Virginia Eyauson, Fran-! cis Faurote, Lee Gage, Albert Gillig, Anselm Hackman. Elizabeth Keller, Norma Keller, Vera Lengrich, Elizabeth Smith, Victor Braun, Louis Coffee. John Downs, Bernice Kintz, Rose Marie Kohne, Mary Ann Laurent, Norbert lengerlch, John Miller Daniel Miller John Schult, Robert Ste-ig-meyer, Elizabeth Stulte, Robert i Beyer, Mary Helen Tonnellier, Thomas Ulman, John Gillig. George ' Scheiner, Leonard Lengerich, Dona'd Voglewede. 0 Important Scout Meeting Tonight All Boy Scout troop committeemen, Scouts and Scoutmasters are asked to meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the Central school ibuild- ! ing, where plans for the Camporee j will be furthered.

NEW BUILDING AT G.E. PLANT IS DEDICATED New Recreational Building At Decatur Works Dedicated Saturday Built as an aid to the recreational, educational und social activities of the employes, the new recreational building at the Decatur works of the General Electric company was formally dedicated in impressive ceremonies at Ute new building Saturday afternoon. E. W. Lankenau, superintendent of the local works, presided during tlie ceremonies. After a few brief introductory remarks, the plant superintendent introduced Arthur R. Holthouse, mayor of I Decatur, who delivered the princi-1 pal address. Mayor Holthouse took as his j theme. ’’General Electric and Decatur,” pointing to the tremendous i advantages the city of Decatur has obtained from the local plant, now employing more than 600 men and women. He stressed particularly the splendid spirit of cooperation. |evident throughout the 17 years of the plant's operation in Deca- j tut, between employer and ent-' ploye. A. W. Bartling, general sales manager of the Fort Wayne branch of the company, spoke briefly following the mayor’s address. He told of the great future I market in store for the products of the Decatur plant, stating that : the saturation point for the small ! motors made in the local plant is far from reached. Neil Currie, Jr., manager of the Fort Wayne and Decatur works, i I made the presentation of the building to the employes of the , plant. He pointed to the splendid advancement made at the local plant since its founding in 1920.. ' asserting that without the splendid co-operation of the employes I of the Decatur branch, that this advancement would have been i impossible. Herman Lengerich, president of i I the G. E. club, accepted the keys | I to the new recreational building: |as presented by Mr. Currie, expressing the appreciation of the employes in this splendid donation for tlie welfare of the work ers . Officials from the Fort Wayne works were presented to the . audience by Mr. Lankenau. as a ’ conclusion to tlie program. Exhibits of the various new I equipment at the building were presented at the close of the ’ dedication ceremonies. Visiting officials and their ' wives were guests of local officials !at dinner at the B. P O. Elks Saturday evening. Tlie day’s program closed with a card party and dance. Text of Mayor Holthouse’s address follows: “Mr. Chairman, j “Members of the G. E. Family, .“This beautiful building, wonderfully equipped with facilities j for healthful and wholesome recreation and social contact, repre- | sents more than a structure of brick and concrete. “It stands as a monument, a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DECATUR CLUB PLANS MEETING Home Economics Club To Hold Public Meeting Wednesday The Decatur Home Economics I club is sponsoring a public meetI ing at 9:30 a. m., Wednesday at II h e Dewey Neidigh residence, House No. 36, Decatur Homesteads, in which G. E. Lehker, entomologist of Purdue University extension service, will assist County Agent Archbold in discussing and demonstrating methods of controlling insect pests on flowers, shrubs and vegetables. Four-H Garden club members will be special guests at this public meetI ing. Mr. Lehker will meet with the Better Home club, under the chair- | manship of Mrs. David J. Schwartz, at the Monroe high school at 3 p. m., Wednesday. The public is Invited to attend. Mr. Lehker will have a number of types of dusting and spraying apparatus to demonstrate and will give the various formulas for the insects that destroy vegetables in this section of the country. It is suggested that those aklng advantage of these meetings bring pencil and note paper, as it is difficult to remember the various formulas used for different insects.

Renewed Violence Marks Situation In Steel Strikes

Nurse Graduates • ' ' 1 Miss Pauline Hakey, daughter i of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hakey of ' this city, was a member of the 1 graduating class of the Kahler Hospitals school of nursing at Rochester, Minn., May 25. Miss Hakey graduated from the Decatur high school in 1934, enrolling shortly thereafter in the nursing ■ school. Her course will not be completed until September.

DECATUR WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY Mrs. Curtis Baxter Dies Suddenly At Her Home This Morning Mrs. Clara Pauline Reytwlds- ! Baxter, 34, died unexpectedly at i her home on Mercer avenue this l morning at 9:30 o’clock Adams ■ County Coroner Robert Zwick placed the cause of death as a blood clot. Mrs. Baxter had been in ill health for several years, but her condition was not considered serious. She had spent her entire life in : Decatur. She was born here August 3, 1902, the daughter of Girt and Clara Reynolds, both of whom are deceased. She is survived l»y the husband, Curtis Baxter and two children, Robert James, 15, and Kathryn : Louise, 10. Other survivors are I the step-mother, M.s. Charles Massonee, of this city, two halfsisters, Mrs. Bernard Braun, of the Homesteads, and Mrs. Waldo i Eckrote, of Mercer avenue, and a I half-brother. Noble Reynolds. She was a member of the I Church of God. Funeral services will be held at | the home Thursday at 1:30 p. tn. and at the church at 2 p. m. The | Rev. Glen Marshall, pastor of the I church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Maplewood cemej tery. The body will be removed from the Black Funeral home Tuesday ————— —— (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Commissioners Allow Claims This Morning The county commissioners this i morning allowed claims for the month of May. They then adjourned early to permit the township trustees to use their room for voting on a new school superintendent. The I regular monthly session will be continued either this afternoon or - Tuesday, Girl Slightly Hurt In Fall From Haymow II Louise Jacob, five-year old daugliJ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ja- , cob, of Decatur, route six, was adI mitted to the Adams county memori ial hospital late Sunday afternoon ■ when she was injured in a fall from a haymow. i After receiving treatment she ■ was released this morning. She was , not seriously injured. ; o I Denies Separation To Either Party i Special judge Ferd L. Litterer i this morning denied a limited sepa- , ration to Bertha L. Fuhrman from i her husband. Harry H. Fuhrman. . ‘ He also denied an absolute divorce . to Mr. Fuhrman on his cross com- : plaint. Both parties excepted. The II case was heard Saturday morning | and afternoon.

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Ask Federal Intervention In Steel Strike; Ford Plant Strike In California Is Ended. LABOR HOLIDAY By United Press Renewed violence, complaints Iby railroads that their property has been destroyed, and an appeal to President Roosevelt for federal intervention marked the steel strike situation today. More than 70,000 workers remained idle. In Chicago, strikers awaited Republic Steel corporation’s answer to an order by Mayor Edward J. Kelly to cease housing and feeding non-strikers in picket-encir-cled plants. The teel workers organizing committee sent a telegram to President Roosevelt asking intervention to “bring the strike to a peaceful end by corporations and the S W. O. C.” Latest disorder occurred at the Republic plant at Canton, <>., where a group of workers were fired on by pickets at they attempted to enter the plant by wading acros> a creek. Plants of Inland Steel Corp., and Youngstown Sheet & Tube were closed

throughout the strike region. Railroads demanded that Gov. Martin L. Davey of Ohio take action to stop destruction of their property and prevent interference with shipments into strike bound plants. In Washington, a high official of the justice department indicated the possibility that the department might intervene in areas where rail property has been damaged. In Lansing, Mich., a "labor holiday" was declared by the United Automobile Workers Union in protest against arrest of seven mon and women pickets on criminal warrants. Workers In the Ford Motor company assembly plant in Richmond. Calif., returned to their posts today after a two weeks strike. Both sides claimed victory In the strike, which involved recognition of the U. A. W. A. A U. A. W. A. committee of 17 met in Detroit to draft demands for revision of the collective bargaining agreement with General Motors corporation. It was expected the union would seek exclusive right to bargain for all General Motors employes The Chicago federation of labor expelled 27 local units affiliated with the committee for industrial organization. Supports Bill Washington, June 7— (U.R) — John L. Lewis today threw the "general support" of his committee for industrial organization behind the pending Black-Connery wages and hours bill but urged against giving the proposed labor standards board wide discretion to set varying minimum wages. Testifying before a joint session of house and senate labor committees. Lewis declared that minimum wage and maximum hour provisions of the bill were "a modest beginning of genuine planning toward a better economic (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o REVIEW BOARD OPENS MEETING I Adams County Board Os Review Opens 45-l)ay Session Today The Adams county board of review met this morning in the offices of the county assessor to open a 45-day session for the purpose of , reviewing assessment records just ! completed. The meetings will be held each day in the assessor’s office. First , days will be taken up with the checking of the records. Hearings will be held during the final days of the sSsßbin for complaints on Individual assessments. Various days will be set aside for the hearing of complaints in respective assessing units. It was ' recalled that only eight complaints ■ were heard last year by the board, i The board is composed of Ernest . Worthman, county assessor; John > W. Tyndall, county auditor; Jeff ■ Liechty, county treasurer and two > appointive members, Erwin Far- ; low, of Geneva and Frank Heimann, of Washington township.